In theory Silicon Valley loves failure as an opportunity to learn and grow, though in reality the world is sometimes far less forgiving when companies are going through that learning and growing phase. Such is the plight of the mobile app/wallet once known as Clinkle,...
After pulling in $30 million in funding last year, a mobile payments startup is giving away $20 bills from a vending machine at a Berkeley campus. Initial media reports have not been kind. Valleywag notes: “Clinkle, a well-funded startup run by Lucas Duplan, the Prince Joffrey...
Mobile wallets are not easy, a statement proved true better by no business than Clinkle. After 17 month of jokes, 30 million in funding raised, a great staff exodus and then more mean-spirited humor, it almost seemed as though the impossible had happened: Clinkle launched...
January 15, 2015
In theory Silicon Valley loves failure as an opportunity to learn and grow, though in reality the world is sometimes far less forgiving when companies are going through that learning and growing phase. Such is the plight of the mobile app/wallet once known as Clinkle, now rebranded as Treats. The new service encourages users to […]
November 26, 2014
After pulling in $30 million in funding last year, a mobile payments startup is giving away $20 bills from a vending machine at a Berkeley campus. Initial media reports have...
September 24, 2014
Mobile wallets are not easy, a statement proved true better by no business than Clinkle. After 17 month of jokes, 30 million in funding raised, a great staff exodus and...